The outline for China’s 13th five-year plan isn’t exactly summer beach reading: The 65,858-character document, which lays out in broad terms how China’s leaders want the country’s economy to develop between now and ...
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Ford Motor will be debuting its next-generation Fusion Hybrid autonomous development vehicle at CES and the North American International Auto Show in January, next year. According to Ford, the new vehicles will be using the current Ford ...
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Vietnam’s state investment firm has received offers from two foreign for stake purchase in the country’s dairy firm Vinamilk. The two firms will buy a combined 78.38 million shares in the company, according to a statement from ...
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A slowdown in China is the greatest threat to the global economy, Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff told BBC in a curious interview in late September. "The [Chinese] economy is slowing down much more than the official figures show." As the ...
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Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser commented: “We are moving forward in volatile times. Our profits have fallen with energy prices, but our growth strategy is delivering to the bottom line. Shell’s second ...
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Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser commented: “Our second quarter 2011 earnings were higher than year-ago levels, driven by increased energy prices and Shell’s operating performance. Shell reinvests its ...
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Shell has also published details of payments made to governments in 2014 in some of the key countries where it operates. This is the fourth consecutive year that Shell has made this voluntary disclosure. The 2014 Sustainability Report ...
Second quarter 2014 summary of unaudited results Royal Dutch Shell’s second quarter 2014 earnings, on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis (see Note 2), were $5.1 billion compared with $2.4 billion for the same quarter a year ago. ...
In case you haven’t heard, Donald Trump is President-elect of the United States of America and half of the country (plus most of the world) is looking for someone to blame. Among those in the firing line are Mark Zuckerberg and ...
UK based packaging company RPC Group has £220,000 in a new liquid polymer printer. The new Connex 3 Objet 500 liquid polymer printer is capable of printing items, including a container with a label, in up to 5 litres in size and ...
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4A Games has quietly confirmed that a third title in the post-apocalyptic Metro franchise is creeping our way next year. The snowy, terrifying and beautifully atmospheric shooter series has already produced two memorable entries, and the ...
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Arjuna Natural Extracts has introduced X-trend range of natural preservatives which can keep food fresh longer and increase its shelf-life. With X-trend, three major food trends such as natural, clean label, and food safety have been ...
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Sports Interactive and Sega have revealed all the big new features and changes coming to Football Manager 2017. Detailed in an exhaustive 32 minute video, Sports Interactive explains a slew of visual and mechanical changes coming to the ...
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Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer are arguably the two most iconic figures in the history of Microsoft. Now it appears the former CEOs aren’t on great terms. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Ballmer said he and Gates have ...
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Apple is offering discounts on a number of USB-C and Thunderbolt Mac accessories following a widespread backlash over its MacBook Pro pricing decisions. The MacBook Pro starts at £1,449 while the 13-inch version with Touch Bar ...
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